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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "SENATOR UDOMA UDO UDOMA" <mms.carol@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gbudomafr@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 02:25:58 +0100
Subject: URGENT

ATTENTION:DEAR SIR,

I AM A TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN NIGERIA WHO HAS BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE SALES OF NIGERIA 'S CRUDE OIL FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. DURING THIS PERIOD I RECEIVED CASH GRATIFICATIONS FROM FOREIGN OIL COMPANIES WHOM I HELPED TO BUY NIGERIAN CRUDE OIL IN LARGE QUANTITIES.

AS A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL I COULD NOT KEEP THIS MONEY IN A BANK TO AVOID GOVERNMENT KNOWING THAT I HAVE MADE SUCH LARGE SUM OF MONEY, SO I DEPOSITED IT IN CASH WITH A SECURITY COMPANY. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY IS SEVENTEEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS(USD17,500,000.00) CASH.
PRESENTLY THIS CASH IS CONTAINED IN A WELL SECURED METALLIC BOX AND DEPOSITED IN THE SECURITY VAULT OF THE SECURITY COMPANY.

ALL OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS COVERING THIS CASH SUCH AS CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT AND DEPOSIT RECEIPT WAS ISSUED IN MY NAME AND THE ORIGINAL COPIES ARE WITH ME. SINCE I CAN NOT USE THIS MONEY IN NIGERIA , I WANT TO ENTRUST THIS MONEY IN YOUR HAND SO THAT YOU CAN RECEIVE IT FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY ON MY BEHALF.

IF YOU AGREE TO RECEIVE THIS MONEY, I WILL COMPENSATE YOU WITH 25% OF THIS MONEY WHILE YOU WILL HELP ME TO INVEST MY BALANCE OF 75% IN YOUR COUNTRY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS TRANSACTION YOU SHOULD SEND YOUR REPLY THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS INDICATED BELOW OR YOU CAN CALL ME ON TELEPHONE. IN YOUR REPLY YOU SHOULD INDICATE YOUR FULL NAMES, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER.

BECAUSE OF MY POSITION IN GOVERNMENT YOU SHOULD KEEP THIS TRANSACTION VERY CONFIDENTIAL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONSE.

SENATOR UDOMA UDO UDOMA
PLEASE REPLY THIS MAIL TO MY PRIVATE MAIL BOX:gbudomafr@yahoo.com



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